Banned Books Week: September 25th - October 2nd

Saturday, September 25th is the beginning of Banned Books Week[1], a week dedicated to celebrating the freedom to read by highlighting some of the books that faced censorship over the years.

The American Library Association[2] compiles lists of challenged books each year including a list of classic titles, many of which may surprise you. These titles come from reports on book challenges, which are "formal written requests to remove a book from a library or classroom because of an objection to the book’s content."

Here are the top 5 from the Top 100 novels of the 20th century[3]. On the full list you will see a number of bold titles; you can read more about why these bold titles were challenged here[4].